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waited gieten WILLIAM E. COLLIER, or WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.v

Letters Patent No. 92,939, dated July 27, 1869.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM F. COLLIER, of the city and county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Poppers; and I do hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in Which- .Figure l is 'a Side view.

Figure 2 is an end view, showing the spring-catch.

Figure 3 is a view of the other end, showing the clamp, 85e. l

Figures 4 and 5 show some particularly to be described.

The same letters indicate the same parts in al1.

My invention relates to the common form of popper shown in iig. 1, the body A being made of Wire cloth, and its edge secured by a rim, B, of folded sheet-metal, and the cover the same.

Tosecure this rim, and stien 'and protect the Whole, I'put a stili` wire through the lim, at b, 4folding the end down inside, and b endl the wire down under the bottom, and up the .other end, Where it is secured by theclamp C, as lin iig. 3, and thence it may pass to the handle.

The clamp C is made with projections, that may be turned and clinched, one of them passing through the lapped rim, and another through the body, lower down, and clinched. The others, receiving the stieningwires, are closed over, so as to hold them, thus holding the adjacent parts firmly.

parts hereinafter more To make the hinge, I bend a piece of Wire in the' form shown in iig. 4, which enables me to put it through the rim, with one end forming an eye or loop,`

to receive the cover above, and the other, passing down and through the body, is turned up inside, hold# ingv all securely, as shown. Y

To form a catch, to hold the cover shut, I bend a piece of spring-Wire into the form shown at D, g. 2, the ends passing through 'the lapped rim, and the Wire then passing down enough to give a good springand then, up together, are turned into a ring, at d, which serves the double purpose of a catch, to hold the cover, and as a handle, to release it by.

It is evident that thev clamp C may be made with a thick body, as C', and the handle made to screw into it, the projections holding the same.

I do not claim putting' rims on to poppers; neither putting wires through them, nor guardsvalong the bottom, no r spring-catches, as the latter have heen-used attached below the rim; but they soon give way, and become useless.

.1. I claim the clamp C, for holding the rim, body,j

wires, and handle, substantially as described.

2. I claim the making the hinge-wire in the form, and applied in the manner shown and described, and both holding the parts together, and making an eye or hinge for the cover. v

lWM. F. COLLIER. Witnsses:

J. Gr. ARNALL, A. GREENE. 

